Wal-Mart has a highly sophisticated system of recording data and being able to view results. For instance, Wal-Mart managers know from their scanner data that five pair of Wrangler Blue Jeans were sold from 10:00 a. m. to 11:00 a. m. on a certain day, and by what size. If the sales were made via credit card, Wal-Mart also knows "who," and has developed histories of what combinations of products its customers buy. The preceding is an observational situation involving which of the following?
a. people watching people.
b. people watching phenomena.
c. machines watching people.
d. machines watching phenomena.
e. all of these are observation situations.

Croy inc. has the following projected sales for the next five months: month sales in units april 3,850 may 3,875 june 4,260 july 4,135 august 3,590 croy’s finished goods inventory policy is to have 60 percent of the next month’s sales on hand at the end of each month. direct material costs $2.50 per pound, and each unit requires 2 pounds. raw materials inventory policy is to have 50 percent of the next month’s production needs on hand at the end of each month. raw materials on hand at march 31 totaled 3,741 pounds. 1. determine budgeted production for april, may, and june. 2. determine the budgeted cost of materials purchased for april, may, and june. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.)